Clarissa Diamantidis, MD, MPH​​Co-DirectorDr. Diamantidis is a nephrologist and epidemiologist in the Duke Divisions of General Internal Medicine and Nephrology, and secondary faculty in the Duke Department of Population Health Sciences. Dr. Diamantidis has a background of formal, rigorous training in epidemiology and several career successes, including a track record of scientific collaboration on studies evaluating the efficacy and effectiveness of patient-centered interventions. Dr. Diamantidis’ research interests are founded in three areas related to improving health outcomes of individuals with chronic diseases:

identifying determinants of racial disparities in health outcomes,

development of patient safety phenotypes and educational curriculum in kidney diseases, and

the use of innovative technologies to engage and educate high risk populations.

​She is the recipient of an NIH NIDDK K23 Career Development Award testing the efficacy of a patient-centered educational intervention among individuals with chronic kidney disease, and serves as co-PI of an NIDDK-funded R01 clinical trial of a multifactorial telehealth intervention promoting patient self-management of diabetic kidney disease. Her unique expertise in intervention conceptualization, development and testing, in addition to the strong scientific collaborations she has established across the health system will be fundamental to the success of the CHOIR program.